{"id":3461,"date":"2026-08-29T22:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/sony-music-and-warner-chappell-are-suing-anthropic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T22:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T18:19:53","slug":"sony-music-and-warner-chappell-are-suing-anthropic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/sony-music-and-warner-chappell-are-suing-anthropic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anthropic logo on an orange and grey background.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/STK269_ANTHROPIC_2_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sony Music and Warner Chappell have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/now-sony-music-publishing-and-warner-chappell-sue-anthropic-in-multi-billion-dollar-lawsuit-one-of-the-largest-and-most-blatant-ongoing-thefts-of-intellectual-property-in-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed suit against Anthropic<\/a> in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for \u00ab\u00a0tens of thousands\u00a0\u00bb copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped. In total, the damages could amount to several billion dollars if a court finds in Sony and Warner&rsquo;s favor and awards the maximum amount.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is just the latest high-profile suit against Anthropic, which recently settled a suit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/20\/24224450\/anthropic-copyright-lawsuit-pirated-books-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought by the publishing industry<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/anthropic\/773087\/anthropic-to-pay-1-5-billion-to-authors-in-landmark-ai-settlement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.5 billion<\/a>. It&rsquo;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/3\/24334866\/anthropic-claude-music-publishers-lyric-copyright-lawsuit-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/10\/19\/23924100\/universal-music-sue-anthropic-lyrics-copyright-katy-perry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/umg-concord-and-abkco-sue-anthropic-for-3bn-in-what-could-be-single-largest-non-class-action-copyright-case-in-us-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuits<\/a> from \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/986438\/sony-music-warner-chappell-anthropic-lawsuit-copyright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of 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